The Perfect Storm: Sandy as the Ultimate October Surprise

If, as we are all now saying, “the polls were right,” then they were right pre-Sandy, too. If they weren’t right pre-Sandy, why is the left covering Nate Sliver with laurels? His entire thesis was “the polls are right,” and not just at the end, but the whole way through.

Datum: Bush was ahead in polls by 3 points going into the 2000 election. Then the DUI story broke on the weekend before the election. He wound up losing the popular vote by around 0.5%. Late breaking news which had a greatly disproportionate impact on the vote. Its importance was not due to its actual importance — its importance was due solely to its recency.

What if the whole election was swung by a random Black Swan event which had nothing to do with anything that was being debated throughout the past two years?

The winning party talks up a realignment that will permanently keep them in power. The losing party is despondent at that notion– they sense it’s true. How can we beat anyone, the losing party things, if we cannot beat this unqualified, dishonest, smug, man who has set the country on a suicide mission which will destroy it?

Why can’t the country see through the Imperial Presidency of this corrupt corporate cronyist? What’s wrong with America? What’s wrong with us?

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I read Ace’s article. My comment is this – the Republicans never relied on voter fraud to win in 2000 or 2004. In fact, they won both elections DESPITE Democratic vote fraud. Nor did they rely on a corrupt machine in the cities to deliver whole states. But the Democrats do. in fact, that is their whole plan. indoctrinate, then take control with those indoctrinated idiots. Look at Pennsylvania, Washington, Virginia, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and you’ll see the pattern. All of these states are pretty evenly divided, but the cities have the Party machines and they can always manufacture just enough votes to put their guy over the top. It’s been going on in Washington state for decades. And now the Democrat Machine has taken control of enough other states that the elections no longer matter – they know that they have enough votes up their sleeve that it doesn’t matter what the actual results are. Their urban machine simply waits to see how many votes need to be manufactured and voila! It’s the reason Republicans never win in Pennsylvania or Washington – that wonderful Machine makes sure the Democrats will come through.

This is where I disagree with Ace’s analysis. I think it’s over because I do not see any way for a Republican to ever win a national election again. Ther are too many obstacles. The press willdemonize him or her and destroy him or her as much as possible. And even if he or she somehow manages to emerge mainly unscathed, as Romney did, the Machine will ensure defeat on Election Day. Look at the supposed swing states. Florida? Mostly gone, though there is a chance there, thanks to the strongly patriotic North-west. But the others? Let’s see…Nevada? Gone. Colorado? Gone. Wisconsin? Gone. Iowa? Gone. New Mexico? Gone. Virginia? Gone. The whole Rust Belt? Gone. So where can a Republican pick up votes? I just don’t see it. The Democrats have finally got what they wanted – a one-party nation. It took them over a century, but Woodrow Wilson’s dream of a Constitution that means nothing is about to become true. All then need is one more judge on the Supreme Court and the Constitution will cease to have any meaning. And they are likely to get it. If not in this four years, then in the next eight under Hillary or Valerie Jarret or whomever the Chicago Machine decides is going to be the next President.

The only bright spot is that now they cannot blame the Republicans for the economic doom that is about to descend. They own it, lock, stock and barrel. Not that their propaganda machine will blame them. I’m sure, no matter how many years, or decades it is from now when the inevitable crash comes, they will still somehow be blaming George W. Bush.